Richard Willis, who has resigned as chairman and CEO of Baker & Taylor, as noted here yesterday, is not related to Willis Stein co-founder John Willis and is not a principal of Willis Stein, the private equity firm that has employed him to head several of the companies it has owned. (When Willis Stein bought B&T in 2003, it named Willis to head the company. Willis Stein sold B&T to Castle Harlan, another private equity firm, last year.)
We apologize for the error, and hope people will understand the roots of the error and will us forgive.